HRTEC Artists

HRTEC
Hawkeye Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference

Scheduled Artists and Events:

• Distinguished University of Iowa Alumni •

Chester Schmitz - former Principal Tuba, Boston Symphony Orchestra

David Werden - former Euphonium Soloist, U.S. Coast Guard Band; Faculty, University of Minnesota

Jessica Perkins - euphonium, South Dakota Music Educators Association, Aberdeen SD Public Schools

• Featured Artists •

Phillip Black - Wichita State University

Jeffrey Funderburk - University of Northern Iowa

Grant Harville - Luther University

Logan Lindsey - Low Brass Teaching Assistant, University of South Dakota

Steve Oberheu - University of North Dakota

Andrew Rummel - Illinois State University

Michael Short - Drake University

Jim Langenberg - Dubuque Symphony

Jim Lyon - Dubuque, IA

Gary McCurdy - the Tubador

• Featured Lectures •

Bill Bell: From Cornfield to Carnegie Hall
Dr. Carole E. Nowicke - Indiana University, ITEA Historian

Arnold Jacobs Almost Live
Brian Frederiksen - Windsong Press

Merging the Material and the Virtual: Opportunities Abound
Todd Cranson & Rose Schwiekhart (TubaNews.com and the University of Illinois at Springfield)

Doubling on Tuba and Bass Trombone
Michael Short

Low Brass Studio Topics
Dr. Frank Gazda

Self-publishing: Can I Do It and Will I Be Successful?
Kenneth Friedrich

Innovative Marketing Strategies for Musicians
Roger Lewis

• Ensembles •

Eastern Iowa Brass Band

The Back Row Boys

UNITUBAS, University of Northern Iowa

Collegium Tubum, University of Iowa

The Eastern Iowa Brass Band Tuba Euphonium Quartet

The University of Iowa Brass Choir

• Special Events •

Introduction to Soundpainting
Jeffrey Agrell, University of Iowa
Learn to free up your creative side with this style of conducted improvisation

New Currents in Deep Waters
Join us for a panel discussion on innovation in our field

Composition No. 19
Everyone will joining in for a performance of this innovative work for 100 tubas by Anthony Braxton

(Schedule and artists subject to change)